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The S.C. Supreme Court has suspended a Mount Pleasant attorney’s law license after she was arrested on suspicion of obstructing justice last month.

Melisa White Gay, 55, was arrested in February by the State Law Enforcement Division and charged with a single obstruction count, according to jail and court records.

The Supreme Court announced its decision to suspend Gay’s license Wednesday until further order of the court.

Her legal practice was placed under receivership and she was barred from making withdrawals from any of her bank accounts, according to the order. The court-appointed receiver was also given authority to receive Gay’s mail.

Gay’s alleged misconduct stemmed from her representation of Dwayne Walker, a 39-year-old North Charleston resident who was arrested in December by SLED on one count each of cocaine trafficking and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, according to an affidavit.

The attorney called Walker’s girlfriend while she was meeting with her client and told the girlfriend to move cash and paperwork from Walker’s residence, the affidavit said. Gay also told the girlfriend to take the money to one of Walker’s associates, it said.

SLED agents who were with Walker’s girlfriend overheard the conversation, the affidavit said. Gay admitted to making the call and admitted to agents that she knew her instructions amounted to illegal activity.

Her obstruction case is pending in court.

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An attorney who helped a company secure a trademark on Chalk Paint must face a malpractice lawsuit alleging he switched sides to challenge the same mark as generic.

U.K.-based paint company Annie Sloan Interiors Ltd. can proceed with claims alleging attorney Timothy R.W. Kappel breached fiduciary duty and committed legal malpractice, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled.

Kappel represented both Sloan and Sloan’s U.S. distributor Jolie Design & Decor LCC, before dropping Sloan and later representing newly-created affiliate Jolie Home LLC in a pending challenge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 01, 2020 and is filed under Resources & Self-Education, Internet Law News.

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